Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2017

The San Joaquin (California) Regional Transit District (RTD) is converting its existing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Express Route 44 to 100% battery-electric buses this month. That BRT route will be the first in the US to feature all-electric bus service. The electric buses can travel up to 40 miles or 2 hours on a charge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

ZEV Station is helping to help remove the vehicle from the carbon equation with ultra-fast, carbon-free fuel for both electric and hydrogen vehicles. ZEV Fleet All Electric Step Vans (Class 2). The grants will help accelerate their next phase in ZEV Infrastructure, a highway environmental oasis off the I-10 in Palm Springs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2019

Orange EV, Firefly Transportation Services, and The Kraft Heinz Company have deployed three Orange EV T-Series Class 8 battery-electric terminal trucks to the Kraft Heinz distribution center in Groveport, Ohio. Firefly will operate three Orange EV pure electric terminal trucks to do the work formerly accomplished by five diesels.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

This rapid growth in demand has been further amplified with the passage of the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) in the Fall of 2022, which includes mechanisms to incentivize electric vehicle manufacturers and consumers to purchase electric vehicles (EVs) that source battery metals from domestic manufacturers.

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EV Adoption

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

As we wait for Congress to fully return from their recess and vote on various legislation, I continue to be extremely concerned about how as much as $10 billion in federal government grants will be be spent on EV charging infrastructure. To install 4-180 kW chargers can easily cost roughly $500,000-$800,000 depending on the hardware chosen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The expansion will come into effect on 29 August 2023 and will operate across all London boroughs up to the existing Low Emission Zone boundary for large and heavy vehicles. As a new feature, successful applicants can choose to receive a higher value package comprising up to two free annual bus and tram passes and a lower cash grant.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $12-million initiative to support the development and demonstration of innovative, replicable solutions that advance electric vehicle adoption and the integration of electric vehicles with the electric grid. ( on 12 September 2023.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent to release a funding opportunity that would provide up to $37 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to advance electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling, transportation, and design (DE-FOA-0003120). million plug-in electric vehicles have been sold in the US.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

Most major automakers, including GM, have made significant progress in the development of fuel cell electric vehicles, but achieving commercial deployment with global impact will require further cost reductions. According to The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, GM ranked No.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

In March, BMW presented the Neue Klasse generation of vehicles, to be launched by the middle of this decade, which will be clearly focused on all-electric drivetrains. With the Neue Klasse, we will make a big leap in technology in electric drive. All of this will be created in a European value chain. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

FHWA also released the final Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers. Additionally, the new Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide $2.5 In addition, these standards establish workforce training provisions. Background.

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EV Life

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The grant will fund the development of a fintech platform to empower EV buyers to save up to $200/month on electric vehicle loans. EV Life, a car site dedicated exclusively to electric vehicles, announced that it was 1 of 28 companies to win a CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC). About EV Life.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The first nine electric drive cars to become eligible for the Plug-in Car Grant of up to £5,000 (US$7,900) in the UK are: Mitsubishi iMiEV; smart fortwo electric drive; Peugeot iON; Citroen CZero; Nissan Leaf; Tata Vista EV; Toyota Prius Plug-in; Vauxhall Ampera and Chevrolet Volt. More will follow next year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

The converter will refine lithium-bearing rock into high-purity lithium hydroxide—approximately 24,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide per year, equivalent to the volume needed to equip around 500,000 electric cars with lithium-ion batteries. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Almost every day there is a new announcement about hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks. Even with all the information, there are a lot of unanswered questions. Battery electric trucks should be the baseline for hydrogen fuel cells electric vehicle (HFCEV) comparisons, rather than any internal combustion engine alternative.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With more fleet operators making the switch to electric trucks and buses, planning and installing charging systems has brought a whole new set of challenges for our customers. Some jurisdictions, such as California and Colorado, offer grants or other incentives that may partially or fully cover the cost of charging solutions.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

THE UK GOVERNMENT will introduce legislation to include electric vehicle charging points on all new-build homes and offices in England, it has been confirmed. The government first proposed the potential world-first legislation that all new-build homes would get charging points back in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2019

This can be used to power hydrogen-powered vehicles, which are already marketed in some countries, as well as to generate electricity. This means it potentially costs a fraction of gasoline for equivalent output. —Grant Strem, CEO of Proton Technologies. This compares with current H 2 production costs of around $2/kilo.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2022

A $5-million research project led by North Carolina State University’s (NCSU’s) FREEDM Systems Center focused on improving the efficiency of, and reducing the cost of, extreme fast charging (XFC) for electric vehicles (EVs) ( earlier post ) has been awarded an additional $200,000 grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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My Energi

APRIL 25, 2024

Citing concerns surrounding ‘additional pressure on public finances’ and ‘limitations surrounding legal and fiscal considerations’, ministers also rejected calls to reinstate EV purchase grants – a scheme that proved vital in supporting the growth of the electric car market before its closure in June 2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

CAMX Power (CAMX) is introducing a new class of cathode materials that can improve the performance, while also reducing the cost, of lithium-ion batteries. CAMX now has patents granted in the US, EU, China and Japan. This material was originally conceived by TIAX and continued by CAMX when it became a separate company in 2014.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Between the United States federal government, state, and local governments; power companies and utilities; and air pollution control districts, there are hundreds of incentives for fleet owners to switch from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). Where is Blink a verified supplier?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2019

million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Release 2 grants to projects that demonstrate commercial feasibility for innovations during the second phase of their research. is developing Lithium metal batteries with improved cycle life for electric vehicles. TDA Research Inc. Cuberg, Inc.

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Teslarati

JULY 29, 2022

Long-range all-electric trucks like the Tesla Semi will not come cheap. Battery costs are declining quickly, but even Tesla still lists its 300-mile Semi variant with an estimated starting price of $150,000. Interestingly enough, some states already have generous incentives for battery-electric Class 8 trucks.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2021

The Tesla Model Y has officially joined the Ipswich, Massachusetts Police Department, and its price tag wasn’t all that bad considering the multiple incentives that were applied by local groups. However, many are uninformed and misconceived, still believing electric vehicles are six-figure vehicles reserved for the rich and wealthy.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. cities, finding that the path to cost parity between the two varies by region. The study found that the total cost of ownership for a 300-mile midsize electric SUV varies by $52,000 across all the cities studied.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame’s solution, grounded in technology developed during doctoral studies at Stanford University and validated using more than $3 million in grant funding, addresses this problem by elevating combustion temperatures in order to enable use of non-traditional fuels without sacrificing performance. per mile, lower than electric by $0.97

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The cost of fuel cells that run on hydrogen continue to fall, and sales of fuel-cell vehicles are growing. We have experienced false starts before with hydrogen, so we can’t take success for granted. The main obstacle to the extensive use of low-carbon hydrogen is the cost of producing it.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2015

David Wetz, associate professor of electrical engineering, is principal investigator for an $801,224 Office of Naval Research grant that investigates how batteries age when they’re run at high rates. A $320,000 ONR grant to understand the challenges faced when implementing a 1000 volts-direct-current lithium-ion battery.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2020

The Capital District Transportation Authority’s (CDTA)i in Albany, New York, is rolling out four electric buses to test the technology and charging infrastructure. CDTA will put the electric buses it purchased from New Flyer of America into service as part of a pilot program. Each bus costs $900,000, each charger costs $121,000.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The transition away from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is going full throttle in the United States, and that includes the iconic yellow school bus. Here are several reasons for school districts to switch to electric buses. The more vehicles that switch to running on electricity, the better.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The US federal government wants at least 50% of new vehicle sales in the US to be electric by 2030. Especially if there are no public EV chargers nearby, you may opt for Level 2 chargers that are compatible with all plug-in EVs. NEVI is a $5 billion initiative to help state governments build EV charging networks within their states.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

After that date, registering new ICE trucks would effectively be banned, as all new vehicles added to fleets would have to meet zero-emission standards. In response, CARB circulated an advisory saying that it would not enforce those provisions until the EPA grants such a waiver.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2010

has received an incremental order to deliver 100 electric drive systems to Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV), manufacturer of the all-electric Smith Newton truck. This order is a part of the expected 500+ units through 2011 funded via the $32M DOE award granted to SEV earlier this year. Enova Systems, Inc.

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My Energi

JUNE 7, 2024

In May, Paul Hollick, chair of the AFP, raised concerns over the high price of public EV charging, suggesting that rising rates were making running costs widely unsustainable for many motorists and therefore preventing some of the UK’s biggest fleets from transitioning to electric. [1] Are EV fleet sales really struggling?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The roadmap includes three key programs: The Refinery of the Future , which aims both to reduce the capital cost of developing a refinery and to enable decarbonization of the alumina refining process. The ELYSIS joint venture technology that eliminates all greenhouse gases from the traditional smelting process. Earlier post.)

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Wallbox

APRIL 28, 2023

They also talk the talk by communicating with your car, home, and electric grid and regulating energy levels into your EV. But one concern for EV owners is the cost of charging their vehicle. Smart chargers are not just faster, but they also communicate with your car, home, and electric grid to regulate energy levels into your EV.

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